Pressure cooked meat can be juicy and tender or, in the wrong hands, tough and dry. Check-out these handy guides for pressure cooking meat:
How to Make Pressure Cooker Stock How to Braise and Glaze in the Pressure Cooker How to Pre-Pressure Cook Meat Before BBQ Pressure Cooker Meat Tips
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Easy Butter Chicken – From Frozen Chicken Breast!
29 Jun 2018Laura Pazzaglia
Juicy, tender and succulent chicken breast bathed in a thick flavorful sauce that's easy to make in the pressure cooker?!?! Believe it!
It's not easy to get good results frozen (or even...
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Summer Cherry Tomato Chicken Cacciatore
15 May 2018Laura Pazzaglia
Here's a quick and easy recipe for the summer - there's no prep, other than throwing the ingredients together and a couple of smashes - no chopping. So put that cutting board and knife away,...
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Silky Beef and Porcini Mushroom Stew – Pressure Cooker Recipe
20 Feb 2018Laura Pazzaglia
This stew offers deep, rich notes of a slowly braised stew without the wait - or fancy knife skills (all the vegetables are roughly chopped). Porcini mushrooms add to that richness and maintain...
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Choosing the Right Cut of Meat for the Pressure Cooker
22 Jun 2017Laura Pazzaglia
The reality is that by the time the cooker has reached pressure, some meats will already be overcooked. So let’s take a look at what cuts of meats are best for the pressure cooker and the tricky ones.
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22 Jun 2017Laura Pazzaglia
A classic stew that showcases how the pressure cooker can give boundless flavor and tender meat by using few well-chosen ingredients and techniques.
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22 Jun 2017Laura Pazzaglia
The liquid appears to magically increase while pressure cooking this recipe, but – don’t worry – no one snuck into the pressure cooker to add more! Let me explain.
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Beer Can Chicken – pressure cooked WHOLE!
15 May 2017Laura Pazzaglia
Make this amazing pressure cooker chicken with just a quick sear in the pan, and a sit on the can (of beer). After minutes at high pressure, you can have a whole, beautiful, tender, flavorful...
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Video: EASY No-Fuss Whole Pressure Cooker Chicken
7 Oct 2016Laura Pazzaglia
Here's another really easy low prep pressure cooker recipe that doesn't even require a knife. The pressure cooked chicken barely stays together and it comes out not just tender,...
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Pressure Cooked Chicken Tops Roasting, Microwave on Protein!
23 Apr 2016Laura Pazzaglia
Last year, Saint Petersburg's International Academy of Agricultural Education published a paper1 that studied how boiling, pressure cooking, roasting and microwaving...
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7 Apr 2016Laura Pazzaglia
This pressure cooker conversion of a classic Italian pasta dishpromises creamy broccoli, crispy sausage and al dente pasta. This dish is a flavorfulone pot meal that...
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14 Mar 2016Laura Pazzaglia
Make all the fixin's for a burrito in the pressure cooker in one pot - the beans, the chicken and the rice. Serve it in a bowl or wrap itinto a burrito.
I used a few healthy...
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Skinny Sloppy Joes with Tangy Slaw
14 Jan 2016Laura Pazzaglia
Make these healthified Sloppy Joes from scratch and cut down their simmering time to 10 minutes of completely hands-off pressure cooking - during which you can make coleslaw.
A Sloppy Joe is...
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How to Pressure Cook Frozen Meat
12 Jan 2016Laura Pazzaglia
We’ve all got a frozen block of meat tucked away for a rainy day dinner- here’s how to use your pressure cooker’s high-heat prowess to get an edible meal out of a meat icicle.
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20 Nov 2015Laura Pazzaglia
Last year I launched the "Hip Pressure Cooking: Fresh, Fast & Flavorful" cookbook in New York with St. Martin's Press/Griffin. It's more than a cookbook, it's a reference for pressure...
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Easy Pressure Cooker Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
10 Sep 2015Laura Pazzaglia
Making meatballs in the pressure cooker is easy, fast and splatter-free. I make them often so I've streamlined the whole process to dirty as few dishesas possible.
Meatballs in tomato sauce...
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22 Jul 2015Laura Pazzaglia
When researching Posole it became pretty clear that, although this dish is not complicated, it requires lots of steps (and cleanup). I removed all of the extra pots and making this recipe not only faster but easier, too!
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VIDEO: Red Bean and Turkey Chili
6 Jan 2015Laura Pazzaglia
This chili is light on the fat but heavy on the flavor and satisfaction because although we use a very lean meat it’s paired with flavorful beans.
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13 Dec 2014Laura Pazzaglia
Unlike a traditional stock, which is crystal clear and nearly free of fat a bone broth actually aims to be cloudy. That's because with a bone broth you wantbits of calcium,...
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Easy Stuffing Stuffed Turkey Breast Roast
27 Sep 2014Laura Pazzaglia
The pressure cooker keeps the turkey meat moist, juicy and perfectly seasoned with our traditional-style stuffing.
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TENDER! Soy-braised Pressure Cooked Beef Ribs
29 Jul 2014Laura Pazzaglia
I made these Asian-style beef ribs my way – using the ingredients most easy to get outside of Asia with very little prep. The ribs are fall-apart-tender and the sauce is lusciously full-bodied.
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Phil’s Chinese Pork Ribs – Reader Recipe
29 May 2014Laura Pazzaglia
I "met" Phil over a year ago as we participated in the same cooking forum. He's an attentive cook and trouble-shooter, so I eventually invited him to proof-read the first pass of the...
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9 Apr 2014Laura Pazzaglia
This is a roast that will turn heads and delight taste buds. The ingredient list is very short and there is very little prep, too!
I took my cue for this recipe from the popular hasselback...
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26 Dec 2013Laura Pazzaglia
Cotechino, a special partially cured Italian sausage, and lentils are traditionally cooked separately but served together. We’re making new year’s eve hip by cooking both at the same time!
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Comfy Cottage Pie – Speedy Brit Comfort Food
5 Dec 2013Laura Pazzaglia
We’ve made this classic dish not just faster, but easier, too – there is very little prep and we pressure cooked the meat and potatoes at the same time!
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Buffalicious Chicken Wings – party in minutes!
4 Dec 2013Laura Pazzaglia
The first Sunday in February brings American sport fans to the house with the biggest TV, and the best snacks. It's time for the Superbowl, American football's biggest annual event, a great time...
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Pressure Cooker Rosemary Veal Stew – a hug in a bowl
19 Nov 2013Laura Pazzaglia
Cozy, comforting and, most of all, easy! The pressure cooker is a master of stews and here is a very basic recipe with extraordinary flavor that can easily be modified to include your favorite...
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8 Oct 2013hip bot
I was hired by Instant Pot to make a few videos, here's one where I show how to use the Instant Pot to make a one pot meal with a beef roast and two veg! I use the "phase-in" method -...
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PERFECT Pressure Cooker Chicken and Rice
11 Sep 2013Laura Pazzaglia
Why emphasize the perfectness of this recipe? Because pressure cooking these two ingredients TOGETHER and getting them BOTH right is impossible! I’m going to show you how to do it right.
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5 Aug 2013Laura Pazzaglia
The pressure cooker can tenderize the most stubborn cut of meat and turn tough chewy fibers into gelatin, but a few wrong moves can turn meat into a shriveled tasteless lump. Here are my do's...
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Pressure Cooker Pork Ribs – OUT of the pressure cooker and ON to the grill!
10 Jul 2013Laura Pazzaglia
Pressure cook meat before grilling, broiling or baking for tender-to-the-bone results and flavor that just won't quit! Our tips for pre-pressure cooking any meat plus this Tandoori BBQ rib...